LabSAMPA - Scientific and technological cooperation between the Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo da Universidade de São Paulo and the Dipartimento di Architettura dell'Università degli Studi di Firenze for the documentation of the historical architect

Abstract

Since 2017, the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of São Paulo and the Dipartimento di Architettura of the Università degli Studi di Firenze have developed a didactic and scientific cooperation project with the use of 3 D laser scanner technology for the preparation of historical documentation of architectural heritage in center of Sao Paulo. The project led to the realization of theoretical-practical laboratories and the creation of an optional undergraduate course aimed at inserting the results of academic cooperation within the training offer of the two institutions. The initiative, with the participation of an Italian and a Brazilian team, made up of professors, researchers and undergraduate and graduate students, already assists in the production of final undergraduate and master's and doctoral research work at both institutions. In this text, three case studies of historic buildings in the center of São Paulo, which were the objects of the laboratories, will be presented: the Edifício Baraúna, on Avenida São João, the Sucursal do Grande Hotel in Largo do Café, the Solar da Marquesa de Santos, headquarters of the Museum of the City of São Paulo, at Rua Roberto Simonsen. Through a survey carried out with laser scanner technology 3D, integrated with photogrammetric and manual metric method, it was possible to implement a methodology of historical documentation capable of contributing to the opening of new historiographic perspectives and serving as a subsidy for the studio and the planning of actions of preservation, restoration and reuse of the architectural heritage.